 In 1870, it became part of the newly-founded Sharur-Daralagezsky Uyezd of Erivan Governorate.After the short-lived independence of Armenia between 1918 and 1920, the region became one of the main centres of the resistance against the Soviet rule, becoming part of the unrecognized Republic of Mountainous Armenia under the leadership of Garegin Nzhdeh.After falling to the Bolsheviks in July 1921, Soylan became part of the Armenian SSR.